Shoe or boot



July 17, 1923- 1,462,095

. E. H. WIEL SHOE OR BOOT Filed Feb. 4 1922 2 shuts-sheet 1 WITNESS wfii Ofinfw 'INVENTOR July 17, 1923- E. H. WIEL SHOE OR BOOT 1922 2 Shoots-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 4,

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um svsss ELI H. WEEK, 0F SAN FRANGISCU, CALIFORNLA, ASSIGNOR TC BUfiKINGHAM & HECHT, Q35 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION 0F CALIFORNIA.

SHOE OR BGOT.

Application filed. February 4, 1922. Serial No. 534,092.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELI H. Wren, e. citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of Sen Francisco State 5 of California, have invented a new and useful Shoe or Boot, of which the following is e specification.

This invention rela-ees to footweei" and more particularly in shoes and. boots.

w Certain classes of pedestrians more perticulerly, limiters hikers and others having extensive field. work such as surveyors their retinue, have founoi that siioe'oi boot having the top structure including ilie w vamp anti izlie quefiers oi moecssinlilze construciion are highly desirable because of their comfort and lasting quelitg.

ll: is an object of the pres to provide e shoe of any suiseb. quests? eonssruciion leaving e finish s n a moccasin l oe. is objec" vide, ow

the? vein a --l-oes nevi Til? 3Q from toe to heel and with a continuous backstey from top to bottom.

Fig. 3 is a perspective of the top structure showing another form of vamp.

F 1g. 4: is a perspective of a top structure showing a square foxe l vamp.

F 1g. 5 is a section longitudinellv of the toe portion of a shoe and transversely across the applied vamp stay.

Moccasins are so constructed as to presen'i'; around the top of the veinp en upwardly bu lt and laminated seam s'trucsure, thus quickly cherecaerizing the footweei as o moccasin eype of consiruciion. This 2 cesin type having become very popular wthose having extensive walking, in. i o; fielcls end country to 6.0, it is clesir wmoviiie e slice which will possess requisite degree of ngtn p s ime. will "S I, -L

as she i'ls CORSEU. is

In Fig. 1 the stay 2 extends around the top and front of the vamp and merges in beneath the stay extending portion 5 of the quarter or top section 6, which is stitched along the downwardly curved portion 7 by the lines of stitching 8.

Another type of shoe is shown in Fig. 2 in which there is provided a one-piece vamp V to the flanks of which are stitched the ioweredges of the quarters 6 and the heel ends of the vamp and the rear vertical edges of the quarters are secured as by the backstay 9. In this form of shoe my impsoved moccasin simulating stay extends from over the front and top of the vamp entirely to the rear and is stitched under the backstay 3', thus effectually covering the lines of stitches joining the bottom edges of the quarters 6 to the flanks of the vamp.

In Fig. 3 a curved vamp is shown in Which.

the stay, instead of terminating at the for- Ward portions of the quarters 6, extends down over and covers the stitching of the quartets connecting the same to the rear ends of the vamp, which covering portion of the stay is shown at 2.

In F ig; t, the vamp is shown as of the geeaoss square toned type and the stay 2 extends across the top and toe of the vamp and is stitched under the forward ends of the quarters- 6.

From the above it will be seen that I have provided a simple inexpensive and substantiai reinforcing vamp stay, which, as weli as its mechanical purposes, also forms an ornamentai moccasin representing finish for the shoe.

I claim:

A host or shoe having a one piece vamp and having an exterior U-shaped reinforcing stay fastened along the sides and across the toe of the vamp.

2. A boot or shoe having quarters and a one piece vamp which are connected together by seams and having an exterior U- shaped reinforcing vamp stay secured along the sides and across the toe of the vamp and extending along and covering and protecting the seams which connect the vamp and quartets.

testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

. NEE-L. 

